Episode Ten Re-Cap

Candy arrives at school to tell her soon-to-be stepdaughters, the Issacson girls, that their father has been injured in a car accident. Petra chases after an escaped patient who has been stealing items (including a wedding band) from one of the residents. Raisa arrives home and finds that Rex has a golden band bearing the [...]

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Segment 10.10

A magazine arced through the air and landed spine up on top of another.
“Sir, if you don’t like our reading material, feel free to watch television and leave it to the others,” the secretary admonished as she scooped up the sprawling periodicals.
On another day, he would have appreciated her choice of an outfit that struggled [...]

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Segment 10.9

“She was like a shadow.”
Peter shivered as if he could feel the damp, icy bite of the very shadow pass through him as he took in the story. The prisoner swept his hand in an arc, his eyes wide. He continued, “Yes, she was just like a shadow. She turned and disappeared right into the [...]

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Segment 10.8

Fumes of some chemical wafted down the stairs and provoked Saffron to wrinkle her nose. She stopped in the midst of mopping the kitchen floor and eyed the side door. Outside, the sun blazed and a light breeze pushed the hanging trumpet flowers around the supports of the metal awning. The promise of fresh air, [...]

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Segment 10.7

The dryer yielded more than a mere lump of pinkish, grayish clothing. A driver’s license lay at the bottom of the cylinder after Emmy pulled the last bit of laundry out and dumped it in a basket for folding. She examined the card, eyeing the grinning image of the man she knew as “Bertie.”
“Must [...]

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Segment 10.6

Piece by piece, he took back his life, from his belt to his wallet to his expensive suit. With each movement, he muttered his thanks to the ex-roommate who’d had made it possible. It was barely noon when he emerged again into the sunlight, taking in the fresh, salty air. He stretched out his arms [...]

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Segment 10.5

Once a week, it was milk and eggs and then a list of five or more premium meats and a box of shredded wheat. The lady of the house smiled as if it took every once of energy in her body to make the expression appear on her face. She always paid by check but [...]

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Segment 10.4

A few dollars goes a long way on the city bus. The crowd at mid-morning thinned out by the suburbs, most riders going in the other direction, towards the city and the many nameless, faceless functionary jobs that kept the businesses there afloat. Sugar sighed at the sight of a sprawling mall and the stores [...]

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Segment 10.3

If only the she had asked for the wallet too, there would be no need to negotiate for a loan from a staff member. If only Rex had come by for a ride home, there would be no need to move on to begging for a lift. If only the irascible Oscar hadn’t offended the [...]

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Segment 10.2

Screeches and flashes from the door alarm filled the hallway, bringing a flock of men and women in white uniforms flying out of patient rooms and offices. Petra pushed through the crowd and called “What happened here?”
“Mr. Tobin bolted again.” It was a female resident who spoke, rather than any of the nursing staff.
“You,” Petra [...]

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